Countries: Burkina Faso
Burkina Faso is a country in West Africa bordered by Mali to the northwest, Niger to the northeast, Benin to the southeast, Togo and Ghana to the south, and Ivory Coast to the southwest. Its?capital?and largest city is?Ouagadougou.
The northwestern part of present-day Burkina Faso was populated by hunter-gatherers from at least 14,000 BC to 5,000 BC.
The sons of Noah who came out of the ark, following the great flood (c. 2100 BC), were Shem, Ham and Japheth.
The first three sons of Ham are traditionally seen as the ancestors of African peoples. The descendants of Cush settled in the upper Nile region (Southern Egypt and northern Sudan), Misraim settled in Egypt, and the tribe of Put settled in either Libya or Somalia.
The?history of?Burkina Faso?includes the history of various Mossi Kingdoms such as the Ouagadougou, Tenkodogo, and Yatenga.
The?Mossi Kingdoms, were in modern-day Burkina Faso?and dominated the region of the?upper Volta River?for hundreds of years. The largest Mossi kingdom was that of Wagadugu, was founded by Dinga Cisse, a king of the Soninke people.?
The Soninke are a West African Mande-speaking ethnic group.
Following the collapse of the Songhai Empire, a number of smaller states arose across West Africa, including the?Bambara Empire?of?Ségou, the Bambara?kingdom of?Kaarta, the?Fula/Malinké?kingdom of?Khasso, and the?Kénédougou Empire?of?Sikasso.
The boundaries of the Songhai Empire made it far north into Mali, east into Niger, south of the Niger River into Burkina Faso and Benin, and west into parts of Guinea, Senegal, the Gambia, and Mauritania.
The?Mossi?are a?Gur?ethnic group, composed of more than 60 ethnic groups, mainly the?Gurunsi,?Senufo,?Lobi,?Bobo,?Bissa?and?Fulani,?native to modern?Burkina Faso.
The Kurumba of Burkina Faso, part of the Gur people cluster, are only found in Burkina Faso.
Iron production?occurred in regions near?Douroula?at least as far back as the 8th century BC and was widely practiced across the region by the 5th century BC.
Kissi?is a?Burkinabe archaeological site?located in the?Oudalan Province of Burkina Faso. Occupied during the?Iron Age, Kissi provides evidence for Iron Age textiles, beads, and mortuary practices.
Former Prime Minister Thomas Sankara launched an ambitious socioeconomic program for change, one of the largest ever undertaken on the African continent centered on anti-imperialism, his government denying all?foreign aid, pushing for?odious debt?reduction, nationalising all land and mineral wealth and averting the power and influence of the?International Monetary Fund?(IMF) and?World Bank.
Burkina Faso adopted a new?constitution?on June 2, 1991.
One of Burkina Faso’s main challenges is the growth of terrorism within its borders.
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